Slat fence post mounting



May 1, 1934.

J. E. ECKEL SLAT FENCE POST MOUNTING Filed Sept. l2. 1932 iii/,1111111 INVENTOR:

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Patent-eel May 1, 1934 ATIZN'l'i OFFICEi SLAT FENCE PGST MOUNTING Jacob E. Eekel, Solvay,

Nye Steel Co., Syracuse,

New York N. Y., assigner to Eckels- N. Y., a corporation of Application September 12, 1932, Serial No. 632,697

9 Claims.

This invention relates to means for attaching wire fencing, which includes upright pickets or slats, to a post and has for its object, what for convenience, I have called a Slat fence post mounting, by which a fence of this character can be readily attached to the post and the strain of supporting the fence to the post is borne by the slats or pickets of the fence rather than by the wire which holds the pickets together. The invention is particularly designed for facilitating the setting up and taking down of socalled snow fences, which are set up in the fall and removed in the spring.

The invention consists in the novel features and in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawing in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary isometric view of this mounting, the same being shown as applied to a fence post and the contiguous portion of a slat wire fence being shown.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal side sectional view of parts seen in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional View on line 3 3, Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 of a slightly modified form of the mounting and showing the mounting as applied to a different form of post than that shown in Figure 3.

1 designates the post, which is usually of metal, so as to be easily driven into the ground. The post shown in Figure 1 is channel shaped in general form and cross section with flanges 2 extending in opposite directions laterally from the open side of the channel.

3 and 4 designate upper and lower fence mountings, each of these having means for attachment to the post and for slidably embracing or engaging the post, and each also being formed with one or more slots 5, 6 for receiving the ends of the pickets or slats P of the type of fence in which the pickets or slats are connected by wire strands W.

Preferably, each mounting includes a plate formed up of sheet metal in which the slot 5 or 6 is formed, and each plate is formed with a recess 7 extending inwardly from its rear edge and with laterally extending slots 8 for receiving the flanges 2, the body of the post extending into the recess 7. Each plate is also formed with a downwardly extending flange or apron The lower mounting 4 in addition, includes an abutment plate 10 arranged below the upper plate in which the slots 6 are formed, this bottom plate 10 having an angular flange 11 lapping behind the flange 9 of the lower mounting 4 and secured thereto in any suitable 'i manner, as by a rivet 12. The bottom mounting 4 is thus formed with a socket for receiving a Slat and the plate 10 forms the bottom of the socket or a seat on which the picket or pickets rest.

The post is formed withv suitable shoulders 13 for preventing removal of the mountings after they have been once assembled on the post. This is to prevent the mountings from becoming lost during shipment, and when the posts are stored during the summer.

In Figures 1 and 3, each mounting is shown as formed with a plurality of slots or sockets 5, 6 for receiving a plurality of pickets. In Figure 4, the mounting is shown as provided with a single slot 14 and the post 15 is shown as T shaped in cross section, the head of the T forming the flanges 16 corresponding to the flanges 2. In Figure 3 is shown a slight modification in dot and dash lines in which at 6a the slots 6 open at one end through the edge of the mounting in` order to receive the pickets or slats of fences, where the slats are of excessive width. The slots 5 of the mounting 3 may be made the same way.

In operation, the posts are driven into the ground at suitable intervals' and the fencing unrolled and stood up alongside of the posts. The lower end or ends of the picket or pickets adjacent the post are inserted through the slots 6 until they rest on the bottom plate 10, and the upper c mounting 3 slid upwardly above the tops of said pickets and are then lowered, so that the tops of the pickets extend through the slots 5. The upper mounting will drop until it engages the uppermost wire strand of the fencing. The lower mounting 4 is held from downward movement to the ground by the lower shoulder 13.

This mounting is particularly simple and economical in, construction and readily applied to the posts. It further securely binds the fencing to the post and relieves the wire strands connecting the pickets from the supporting strain.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a fence post having laterally extending .flanges on opposite sides thereof; of a fence mounting embracing the post and formed with slots for receiving the flanges and being also formed with an additional slot for receiving the end of a picket of the fence.

2. The combination with a fence post having laterally extending anges on opposite sides thereof; of a fence mounting embracing the post and formed with slots for receiving the iianges and being also formed with an additional slot for receiving the end of a picket of the fence, the mounting having a seat on which the end of the picket rests.

3, The combination with a fence post; of a fence mounting comprising a plate having means for slidably embracing the fence post, the plate being formed with a slot therethrough for receiving the end of a picket of the fence, the mounting also having an additional plate spaced below the slotted plate and forming a seat for the lower end of the picket.

4. The combination with a fence post having laterally extending flanges on opposite sides thereof, and a fence mounting comprising a plate formed with a recess for receiving the post and with slots opening laterally from the recess for receiving the anges, whereby the plate is slidably interlocked with the post, the plate also having a slot therethrough for receiving the end of a picket of the fence.

5. The combination with a post having laterally extending anges on opposite sides thereof; of upper and lower mountings, each including a plate formed with a recess for embracing the post and slots extending laterally from the recess for receiving said flanges, each plate being also formed with a slot for receiving the adjacent end of a picket of the fence.

6. The combination with a post having laterally extending langes on opposite sides thereof; of upper and lower mountings, each including a plate formed with a recess for embracing the post and slots extending laterally from the recess for receiving said flanges, each plate being also formed with a slot for receiving the adjacent end of a picket of the fence, the lower mounting also including an additional plate arranged below and spaced apart from the slotted plate thereof and forming a seat for the lower end of the picket.

7. The combination with a fence post, of upper and lower mountings, each mounting having a slot for receiving a picket of the fence, the lower mounting having a seat on which the lower end of the picket rests, and the upper mounting being movable along the post toward the lower mounting andhaving means for securing said mounting to the post at any point between its uppermost position and the lower mounting.

8. The combination with a fence post, of upper and lower mountings, the lower mounting having means for receiving and supporting the lower end of a picket of the fence, and the upper mounting having means for receiving the upper end of the picket, the upper mounting having means for adjustably securing the mounting to the post at any point along the same to accommodate fences of different height.

9. 'Ihe combination with a fence post; of upper and lower fence mountngs having means for slidably interlocking with the post, each mounting having a slot for receiving the upper or lower portion of a picket of the fence, the slots in the mountingsbeing arranged to hold the fence in spaced apart relationship relative to the post.

JACOB E. ECKEL. 

